Asset Management jobs in United Kingdom

Senior Accountant / Assistant Finance Manager

Overall responsible for the accounting and reporting of the REIT Manager and REIT & its subsidiaries. Direct report to Senior Finance Manager and manage junior finance colleagues.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with the appropriate accounting / financial reporting basis;
• Prepare and or review individual and consolidated annual budget and forecast;
• Coordinate with Property Manager's Finance team and review monthly accounting data for asset companies to ensure proper accounting treatment and readiness for consolidation;
• Prepare performance analysis and calculations of key performance return metrics
• Prepare periodic and ad-hoc analytical reports, financial models as needed
• Responsible for audit for REIT Manager, REIT and SPV entities as well as group audit at REIT level;
• Review monthly accounting entries for REIT manager, REIT and SPV entities;

• Manage processes for opening, operation and closure of bank accounts
• Monitor cash balance regularly and manage cash needs of various entities structure
• Manage AP process and effect payments / disbursements
• Manage distribution process

• Assist to liaise with company secretary / compliance officer / trustee / legal counsel on filing and financing matters e.g. announcement of results, distributions, refinancing, capital market transactions etc.

• Assist with tax planning, structuring and compliance

• Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Finance, Accounting, ACCA or CA is preferred
• Preferably with at least 5 years of recent consolidation knowledge
• Independent, self-motivated and proactive attitude
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in real estate industry will be an added advantage
• Able to work effectively under pressure and meet tightdeadlines, working within a lean team who cover all areas of regulatory and financial compliance
• Proficiency in English and Chinese (Read, Speak and Write) as require to read documents in Chinese and communicate with our China colleagues in Mandarin.

• IFRS
• Treasury
• Consolidation
• ACCA
• Internal Controls
• Multilingual
• Accounting
• Compliance
• Financial Statements
• Budgeting
• Cash Flow
• Audit
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Reporting